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Acharya Devvrat
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Devvrat in 2023
20th Governor of Gujarat
Assumed office
22 July 2019
Chief Minister
  • Vijay Rupani
  • Bhupendra Patel
Preceded by Om Prakash Kohli
18th Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office
12 August 2015 – 21 July 2019
Chief Minister
  • Virbhadra Singh
  • Jai Ram Thakur
Preceded by Kalyan Singh
Succeeded by Kalraj Mishra
12th Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith
Preceded by Ela Bhatt
Personal details
Born (1959-01-18) 18 January 1959 (age 65)
Samalkha, Punjab, India
(present-day Haryana)
Spouse Darsana Devi

Acharya Devvrat (born 18 January 1959) is an Indian politician and former educationalist who is serving as the 20th Governor of Gujarat. He is an Arya Samaj pracharak and served previously as the principal of a Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Being the Governor of Gujarat, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of Gujarat.

In August 2015, Devvrat was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He continued till 21 July 2019, when he was replaced by Kalraj Mishra.

In June 2019, he was named as Governor of Gujarat replacing Om Prakash Kohli.

Devvrat is married to Darsana Devi.

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